Delivery-receptacle for powdered materials.



T. s. PATTERSON;

DELIVERY REGEPTAGLE FOB. POWDERED MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

a I nun/1 rials, of which the following is a spe'cifica- I THOMAS SI. QPQATTERS ON, OF ROSEMONT, PENNSYLVANIA."

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. PATTERSON a subject of, he King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im rovements in Delivery-Receptacles for Pow e ed Matetion.

. material, such as soap and other toilet prep-.

Myinvention relates to certain improve ments in devices for delivering owdered arations and anular material in general.

The main 0 ject-of my invention is to so construct such a receptacle that the soap or other material'will be delivered to the hand that operates the valve, and a further object is to nnprovethe details of construction as fully described hereafter.'

Refer'ring to the accompanying drawing: Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view of my improved receptacle for soap or other granular or powdered material; Fig. 2, is a sectional lan view on-the line 2-2, Fig.1; Fig. 3, is a etachedplan view of the disk mounted under the bottom plate; Fig. .4, is a detached lan view of the valve situated between t e disk and the bottom plate; and 5, is a detached plan view of the stirrer. is the bottom plate of thereceptacle having a flange Q and mounted upon this bottom plate is a tubular section B of.glass, forming'the container for receiving the soap or other material glass is inclosed a metallic casing C, in the present in tance secured to a down wardly extending flange a of the bottom late A and has at its upper end an internal 'ange c extendingaover the upper edge of the tubular section Said flange is turned down asat 0' acting to hold the tubular section B central and at the same timeforming a shield to prevent any soap, during the filling ogeration, passing between the glass sec: tron and the protecting casin C. This casing is perforated in any suita le manner so that the'amount of soap in the container is always visible; the lower row of perforations being on a line with the bottom plate so as to carry of any water which rnay gain accessto the space between the casing and thycontainer.fi hl I isaca tt' t' t u ont ecas' O and" the fl nge m y. have a sn i ig fit on the casing or may be attached thereto by. any suitable means.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 7, 1908. Serial No. 409,637.

- jections i on the valve I cavities This tubular section of fatented Jan. 12, 1999.

The bottom plate'A has two concentric.

slots a therem' of any desired length, through which the material may pass, and mounted on a sleeve E secured to the flanged portion a of the bottom plate is a disk E aving a hole e for'the discharge of material. The disk E isfirmly attached to the bottom late A and is spaced a given distance thereom, and mounted between the disk and ports 2' to receive material which passes the bottom plate is a rotary valve I having through. the openings a in the bottom plate and deliver-material to the o ening e in the .disk E. The valve can be o f and the holes of any size desired according to the amount of material it is desired to discharge at one time from the container.

The valve I is attached to the handhold I? through the funnel shaped section I which has a flange '11 secured to projections '5 on the valve by solderin brazing, or

other means, so that the va ve practically forms part of and must turn with the handany thickness hold I. The handhold has an opening i for the discharge of material escaping from the ports of the valve.

It will be noticed that by formin the pro- I are produced between the valve and the flange 43, the valve being tapered at h. The object of tapering the valve and forming the cavities is to allow any soap or other material which finds its way between the valve andthe bottom plate to escape through the openings, thus preventing clogging of the valve. The soap or other materia escapes through the openings 71. and passes'down the funnel section I and out the same opening through which the measured quantity ofsoappassesf Extending through the sleeve E is a stem M forked at its lower end; the two members m of the fork bein secured to the handhold as shown so as to: cave a clear opening. for the powdered material. .On the upper end of this stem are arms m which break up the material and allow it tofreely flow into. the openings in the valve.

; The handhold P is of such a size that it can be grasped in such a manner that the palm of the hand will be in position to receive the charge of soap or other material, thus dispensing with the use of two hands .in obtaining material from the receptacle.

-' It will be noticed that the handhold is concaved on its underside so as to prevent the palm of the hand touching the delivery opening of the spout, as in many cases the person using the soap will wish another char and will a ply the wet hand to the hand old and if the handhold was flat the wet hand woulddampen the mouth of the opening and cause the soap to stick thereto and in time accumulate, but by making it in the manner'shownthis is entirely obviated. Furthermore it will be noticed that any water accidentally splashed upon the receptacle cannot gain access to the interior and dampen the soa as the parts are so made that they wil shed water, always kee ing the receptacle dry.

lt y invention is especially adapted as a receptacle for powdered soap and can be secured to a washstand by any suitable bracket or attachment, "and it will be understood that it can be used in the kitchen as a receptacle for salt, or it can contain other granular material without departing my invention.

If the device is to be used as a powdered soap receptacle the cap is removed and any quantity of powdered soap is placed in the receptacle and the cap replaced. When it is desired to obtain a uantity of soap for toilet use, the handhol I is grasped by the hand, the palm being directly under the opening in the handhold, and the handhold is turned to any degree desired or it can be completely rotated so as to bring the openfrom ' ings i in line with the discharge openings 0 in the disk E, then the given amount of soap which is contained in the ports 41 of the valve will fall onto the palm of the hand.

, If it is desired to receive more than one charge, the valve can be rotated until another of the ports 21 comes in line with the opening e in the disk, or it can be reciprocated so as to brin first one and then another of the ports 11 111 line with the openings e, giving any amount of soap desired, al-

though, under ordinary conditions, a single discharge of soap is all that is necessary.

It wi 1 be noticed, on referring to Fig. 2, that the opening e in the disk is so situated in respect to the openings a in the base that a port i of the valve will be closed to the openings a before it uncovers the opening 6, preigenting the draining of the soap receptacle by a careless adjustment- I claim I. The combination in a receptacle for soap and other powdered materials, of a container, a bottom plate therefor having an opening therein, a disk under the bottom p ate having a discharge opening out of line with the openin in the base plate, a rotary valve mounted etween the two parts and having a port capable of communicating with the openin .in said plates, a hollow rotary hand hold communicating with the plate, a valve mount openings for the discharge of material, said handhold being fixed to said valve so that on turning the same a uantity of material will be discharged into t e palm of the hand.

2. The combination of a receptacle, a horizontal plate forming a valve and rotatably mounted at the base of the receptacle, a hollow handhold rigidly fixed to and supported by the valve, there being an opening in the valve, said hand hold being concaved and having a funnel shaped structure for the reception of the material delivered from the opening of the valve to the hand hold.

3. The combination in a receptacle for soap and other granular material, of a container, a bottom plate having openings there?- in, a sleeve attached to the bottom plate, a disk attached to the sleeve some distance from the bottom plate, said disk having an .0pening therein out of line with the openings in the bottom plate, a valve mounted between the disk and the bottom plate and having ports therein arranged to aline with the openings in the bottom late or. the opening in the disk, a handho (1 having a discharge openin and a conical connecting member attachln the handhold to the periphery of the va ve so that when the handhold is grasped and turned a given quantity of material will be discharged from the valve into the hand.

4:. The combination of a container, a bothaving an opening and having a fixed relation to the bottom late, a valve mounted between the bottom p ate and disk and having ports therein, openings at the periphery of the valve, a handheld connected to the valve at the periphe and an o ening in the handhold for the ischarge o material.

5. The combination of a container,'a bottom plate having an opening therein, a disk under the bottom plate having an o ening out of line with the 0 ening 1n' the ttom ed between the bottom plate and the disk and havin a port arranged to aline with either of t e o enings, a series of projections in theperip ery of the disk, a handhold having a section secured to said projections, the handhold and the valve forming openings for the assage of material escaping between the va ve and the bottom plate, said valve being beveled at the peripher substantially as and for the purpose set orth. I

6. The combination of a container, a bottom plate having an opening therein, a disk also aving an opening out of line with the opening in the bottom plate and havin a fixed relation to-the bottom plate, a Va ve mounted between the disk and the bottom li o old having an opening therein for the displate and having one or more ports, a handhold having an opening therein for the discharge of material, a conical section connectin the handhold with the periphery of the va ve, a stem attached to the handhold and passing through the valve, the disk and the bottom late, and having one or more arms for brea ing up material directly above the bottom plate.

8. The combination in a receptacle for soap or other material, of a bottom plate, a cylindrical glass container mounted on the bottom plate, a metallic casing surrounding the container and attached to the bottom plate, said casing having an internalfiange overlapping the container at the upper edge,

a valve for regulatin the discharge of material, and a handholf connected to the valve and having an opening therein forthepassage of material. p

9. The combination of a bottom plate having upwardly and downwardly extending flanges, a glass cylinder mounted upon the bottom plate and forming a container, a

metallic casing surrounding the glass con-. tamer and having an internal flange at the upper end overlapping the container, a disk mounted under the bottom plate, a sleeve connecting the disk with the bottom plate, a valve mounted between the disk and the bottom plate, said valve having ports and the bottom plateand disks having openings oneout of line with the other, a handhold having a central opening, and a conical connecting section attached to the periphery of the valve, with a bifurcated stem attached to the handhold and passing through the sleeve and having arms situated above the bottom plate.

10. The combination in a soap receptacle, of a base having a vertical flange, a cylindrical container mounted on the base outside of the flange, said base also having a downwardly extending flange, a casing closing the container and secured to the downwardly extending flange of the base, a cap overlapping the casing, a valve, and a handhold, an extension of the handhold being attached to the valve, said extension passing under the downwardly projecting flange of the base, the parts being so designed that they will shed water preventing lt gaining access to the'interior of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS S. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:.

J 0s. H. KLEIN, WM. A. BARR. 

